[It seems like room number nine is really targeting room number one. She doesn't raise her bids when others do, but as soon as room number one makes a bid, it's snatched up.]
At auctions, everyone is competing with their financial resources. If you see something you like, just place your bid. How can you blame others for targeting you?
[They didn't cover Number One's mouth to prevent him from bidding. That's how auction houses work; whoever has the money wins.]
[Exactly. If auction houses still adhere to a first-come, first-served principle, they might as well just set up shops instead of having auction houses.]
Being targeted at an auction is just bad luck; try again at the next one.
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Although the VIP box was furious, they still forced themselves to bid: "One hundred and fifty!" It sounded like they were gritting their teeth.
"One hundred and sixty." Shi Xuan immediately followed up, not allowing the number one bid to linger even for a moment longer.
It was obvious to everyone that this No. 9 VIP room was just there to cause trouble. No matter how much they bid, No. 9 would always have a hundred more, and no matter how much they bid, they wouldn't be able to win the Soul-Nourishing Wood.
This time, there was no response from the No. 1 VIP room. Shi Xuan won the bid for the Soul Nourishing Wood with a price of 160 high-grade spirit stones.
Seeing that there was no movement in the No. 1 private room, Shi Xuan smiled, and shallow dimples appeared on her round face, adding a touch of radiance.
Leng Rufeng wiped the sweat from his brow, thinking to himself: As expected of the round-faced master, he truly possesses extraordinary courage. He silently stroked the bright red spiritual fruit in his hand, but ultimately couldn't bear to eat it and stuffed it into his storage bag.
After the Soul-Nourishing Wood, they started auctioning off some ordinary items.
During this break, the auction house packed the Soul-Nourishing Wood that Shi Xuan had won into a box and was about to send it to VIP Box No. 9.
Just as the auction house manager was delivering the box containing the Soul-Nourishing Wood to the Shixuan Office, a loud "bang" was heard. The window of VIP box number one shattered, and a tall, thin, masked cultivator leaped out of the room, rushed towards the manager, snatched the box containing the Soul-Nourishing Wood, and ran away.
This auction house has been operating for so many years, and since it became a regular venue, there hasn't been any robbery like this. So much so that the auction house guards were stunned, and it took them a couple of moments to realize what had happened. After all, in the past, their positions were basically just for show and had no real function.
When the guards realized what was happening and were about to give chase, another short, stout cultivator from VIP room number one rushed out and blocked their path, hindering their actions.
Leng Rufeng exclaimed "Eh?" and said, "These two people..."
Shi Xuan didn't listen to him finish speaking. She jumped out and threw the Lianfeng Sword at the cultivator who had stolen her Soul Nourishing Wood. She chased after the sword while taking out a communication jade and leaving a message for Lin Daozi: "Master, come to the entrance of Qu Shang Courtyard in the market immediately."
This auction house is protected by a formation, which is activated under special circumstances. Therefore, when the tall, thin cultivator fled, the formation was already activated, and everyone in the auction house was now enveloped within it, unable to leave.
The formation was activated, and other high-level cultivators who were in charge of the auction also rushed over, making the scene quite chaotic.
The short, stout man, whose aim was to disrupt the situation, saw things were going badly and pulled out two bullets, throwing them out. In an instant, the entire area was filled with smoke and dust, making it impossible to see anything.
The high-level cultivators in the arena were alright, as they could use their powerful divine sense to be on guard. However, the low-level cultivators panicked. Being unable to see made them feel like they were surrounded by danger, which made them feel extremely insecure. As a result, they started to run around in a panic, making the situation even more difficult to control.
After throwing out the Concealed Edge Sword, Shi Xuan released his divine sense, locked onto the tall, thin robber, and chased after him in the direction he had fled.
The robber appeared to be at least at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, and his speed was extremely fast. Even when Shi Xuan used the Micro Cloud Step to its fullest extent, he still couldn't keep up with him.
Fortunately, the Lianfeng Sword was in front of them, slashing straight at the tall, thin robber with overwhelming force. At that moment, the sword seemed to be doing the work of a knife.
It was holding its breath, feeling resentful. In the Silver Frost Secret Realm, it had agreed that it was the highest-ranking sword, but who would have thought that Shi Xuan would bring that puppet sword with him in the next few battles, leaving it with no chance to use its heroic skills.
Now it's finally its turn to shine with the Concealed Edge Sword. It must amaze everyone and let them know the might of this Sword God! It's now absolutely necessary to make Shi Xuan recognize it again and be impressed by its power!
The Lianfeng Sword struck with full force, accompanied by a gale. The tall, thin bandit couldn't dodge and had to swing his sword to block. With a clang, his sword was cleaved in two by the Lianfeng Sword.
Seeing that things were not going well, the other party quickly put a speed talisman on himself and fled.
Seeing this, Shi Xuan also put one on herself. At the same time, she raised her hand, and two pills flew out from between her arms, heading straight for the fleeing robbers.
The robber used some kind of magical artifact, creating a protective barrier around his body, making the pills he sent out seem to hit an invisible wall, unable to get close.
The tall, thin robber was too fast; he reached the edge of the barrier in the blink of an eye.
The barrier blocked his path, but he didn't panic. He took out a disc from his hand, channeled his spiritual power into it, and a bright silver light shone from his hand. The disc then carried him through the barrier and out.
“Lone Star!” Lu Shenzhi reminded him.
Almost as soon as he spoke, Shi Xuan took out her Lone Star Array Plate from her storage bracelet.
The formation that trapped them was at most a fifth-order formation, while her formation plate was an eighth-order magic artifact. Under Lu Shenzhi's guidance, Shi Xuan poured his spiritual power into the formation plate, adjusted it to the point where the formation was broken, and in no time at all, he passed through the formation like a bandit and escaped.
The sword, Lianfeng, arrived in the instant Shi Xuan broke the formation. Shi Xuan also affixed a speed talisman to it. At this moment, a person and a sword chased after the tall, thin figure out of the formation. However, the person seemed to have used a teleportation talisman the instant they left the formation, and disappeared after exiting.
Shi Xuan released his divine sense, but did not sense anything.
But at this moment they were underground in the black market of scattered cultivators. The directional teleportation talisman could only teleport horizontally and the distance was limited. Shi Xuan guessed that he had not left this underground black market, but had just concealed his aura and hidden himself.
Behind him was a short, stout man responsible for distracting the pursuers, suggesting that the two had planned this in advance.
Shi Xuan took out her communication jade to report the current situation to her master, and described the appearance and clothing of the two people. Then she went to the exit of the black market, placed the puppet Xiao Er at the exit to guard it, and released her divine sense to search from the outside in, not letting go of any suspicious place.
This wide-net search actually led Shi Xuan to discover something unusual. In an extremely inconspicuous corner behind the arena, the color of a wall was slightly different from the surrounding area. Without using one's divine sense to observe, one would not notice it even if passing by.
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